UMaine makes news, and gives it context
Local and international media regularly tap University of Maine faculty, staff and students for their expertise and research findings.
Media outlets from the Machias Valley News Observer to the Los Angeles Times and from Down East magazine to Fortune magazine wrote about or cited UMaine newsmakers and research this fall. Story topics ranged from term limits to migraines and from shell middens to the opioid crisis.
Following is a sampling from the UMaine in the News roundup on the university website in recent weeks.
- Down East magazine recommends ‘Historical Atlas of Maine’ as holiday gift (Dec. 7, 2017)
- Wahle featured in Radio-Canada report on lobsters, warming waters (Dec. 4, 2017)
- Fortune cites study on effects of sexual harassment on women’s careers (Dec. 1, 2017)
- WVII previews UMMA Winter Art Factory (Dec. 1, 2017)
- LA Times quotes Socolow in article on Matt Lauer’s ‘Today’ exit (Nov. 30, 2017)
- Biddle speaks with BDN about rural education (Nov. 27, 2017)
- Missourian interviews Powell for article on term limits (Nov. 21, 2017)
- Maine Public interviews Nightingale about high school physical education (Nov. 20, 2017)
- WABI reports on Police Department’s presentation of lifesaving awards (Nov. 16, 2017)
- Maine Public, international media interview Borkum about migraine research (Nov. 13, 2017)
- Washington Post publishes op-ed by communication, journalism grad student (Nov. 9, 2017)
- Vekasi discusses East Asian relations on Maine Public’s ‘Maine Calling’ (Nov. 2, 2017)
- Maine Public reports on UMaine research that links flu, muscle damage (Oct. 27, 2017)
- Blackstone quoted in Sun Journal article on #MeToo campaign (Oct. 23, 2017)
- New York Times reports on Kelley’s Maine shell midden research (Oct. 20, 2017)
- Boston Globe speaks with Provost Hecker about Flagship Match (Oct. 19, 2017)
- LaBouff speaks with Press Herald about schools using Native American imagery (Oct. 17, 2017)
- Barkan, Glover featured in BDN editorial on violence in America (October 5, 2017)
- Statistics compiled by Sorg cited in Kennebec Journal article on Maine’s opioid crisis (Oct. 5, 2017)